Brief Life History of Franklin Bruce
When Franklin Bruce Burke was born on 2 January 1877, in Kentucky, United States, his father, Samuel Oxford Burke, was 25 and his mother, Fetnie Adile Bruce, was 21. He had at least 2 daughters with Harriet Smith. He lived in Magisterial District 4 Marble Creek, Jessamine, Kentucky, United States in 1880 and Athens, Fayette, Kentucky, United States in 1900. He died on 22 September 1944, in Covington, Kenton, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 67, and was buried in Highland Cemetery, Fort Mitchell, Kenton, Kentucky, United States.
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- Franklin Burke, "United States Census, 1940"
- Franklin B. Burke, "Kentucky Death Records, 1911-1965"
- Franklin Burke, "United States Census, 1910"
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1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
1892 · The Radio is invented
Kentucky native Nathan Stubblefield invented the radio in 1892
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Irish Brendan, Kieran, Siobhan, Aileen, Brennan, Brigid, Donovan, Liam, Murphy, Ulick, Aidan, Dermot.
English and Irish (of Anglo-Norman origin): habitational name from Burgh (Castle) in Suffolk, England. Burk represents an Anglo-Norman pronunciation of Old English burg, Middle English burgh ‘fortification’ (see Burgh ).
German: variant of Burk .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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